AMENDED AGENDA
BOARD OF VARIANCE MEETING

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Boardroom, Service and Resource Centre,
411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC

Minutes of the Open Board of Variance Meeting held in the Board Room, Service and Resource Centre, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC, on Thursday, 2024-JAN-04, at 4:00 p.m.

Section 6.5.1 of the “City of Nanaimo Zoning Bylaw 2011 No. 4500” allows open decks to project a maximum of 2.0m into a required front yard.


The applicant requests to increase the maximum projection from 2.0m to 2.06m to allow the replacement of the front deck as part of a renovation of the existing dwelling. This represents a variance of 0.06m.


The subject property is legally described as: Strata Lot 178, Section 5, Wellington District, Strata Plan 830, Together With An Interest In The Common Property In Proportion To The Unit Entitlement Of The Strata Lot As Shown On Form 1

The “City of Nanaimo Zoning Bylaw 2011 No. 4500” requires minimum building height and restricts the location of parking and maximum setbacks in the Community Corridor (COR3) zone. The proposal is for a single-storey residential addition to an existing building with the following variances: 

  • Sections 9.5.1 and 9.5.4 allows no more than 50% of the building facade to be set back further than 6m from the front property line. The proposed variance is to increase the maximum front yard setback to 18m for 100% of the building face as measured from the front property line (Kerrisdale Road).
  • Section 9.6.1 does not allow parking between the front property line and the front face of the building. The required 2 parking spaces are proposed to be located between the front property line and the front face of the building.
  • Section 9.7.1 requires a minimum building height of 2 storeys above grade. A single-storey addition to the existing building is proposed.

The subject property is legally described as: Lot 9, Section 15, Range 8, Mountain District, Plan 7272